Transport group Manibela’s two‑day strike rolled into its second day Thursday, July 23, as leaders weighed pushing the protest until Friday, July 24. Members began massing at the Philcoa strike center in Quezon City before 6 a.m., while demonstrations continued at more than 10 strike hubs...
Transport group Manibela began its two-day nationwide transport strike on Wednesday, July 22, to protest the latest double-digit fuel price increases and push for a P2 increase in the minimum jeepney fare. Manibela said its drivers stopped operations at 5 a.m., while members began gathering at...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. military said it launched an 11th night of strikes on Iran early Wednesday as attacks across the Middle East overshadowed diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal that has collapsed. U.S. Central Command did not immediately reveal the targets...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fire in Gaza on Sunday killed at least five Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl, and wounded others, according to local health officials. A drone strike on a blacksmith shop in Gaza City 's Sabra neighborhood killed at least four Palestinians...
CEBU CITY – A 16-year-old boy was killed while his 14-year-old companion was injured in a lightning strike in Barangay Daanlungsod, Tuburan, Cebu, on Thursday afternoon, July 2. Police said the two boys were with a group of friends having a picnic in a beach when lightning struck around 3 p.m....
Senator Raffy Tulfo called for immediate reforms to the country 's aviation safety policies and airport development strategy, citing the growing number of bird strike incidents and continued government spending on airports that remain without commercial operations. During the hearing of the...
ALCALA, Pangasinan – A 27-year-old woman was killed by a lightning strike during a thunderstorm in Barangay Laoac here on Monday afternoon, June 15. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO) said the victim and her minor daughter were in an open area when heavy rain and thunderstorm struck...
A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person in Russia 's southwestern Oryol region, local officials said Sunday, while a separate strike hit an oil facility as part of Kyiv 's campaign of strikes on military and energy targets deep inside Russia. Oryol regional Gov. Andrei Klychkov said...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said it launched strikes on Beirut on Sunday targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, despite ongoing efforts to negotiate an end to the U.S.-Iran war. Smoke could be seen rising over the Lebanese capital. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates ' Barakah nuclear power plant Sunday, setting an electrical generator ablaze on its perimeter and again straining the shaky ceasefire in the Iran war. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. and Japan Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday, May 6, witnessed a live-fire maritime strike drill in Paoay, Ilocos Norte which marked Tokyo’s first deployment of its shore-based anti-ship missile system on...
Transport group Manibela said on Thursday, April 23, that its transport strike remains in effect despite the removal of its protest centers, as members continue complying with government requirements. Manibela chairman Mar Valbuena clarified that the absence of picket lines does not signal the end...
